As long as it is Japanese or Korean it seems you can’t go wrong with giving it to a teen.

Did someone really recommend “buying” their kid a Kia Niro EV as their first car? I’m 30 and still have yet to get close to owning a $46k car. I also put buying in quotes because this parent financed it, which makes this even funnier.

Your old car. If you are lucky enough to have multiple cars and probably took care of them, you can donate one to kid. Probably he or she learned to drive on the same one anyway. Better than junking or selling it. Give it to teenager for some fun. Teens will be teens so don’t be surprised to see extra dings. And if it…

Simple: Whatever car you own now but don’t want anymore and want a new one for yourself. Hand-me-down’s all the way.

Used Nissan Leaf:

Yep, cannot stress “NOT FAST” more for a first car. That my first car was a heavy underpowered Oldsmobile my dad handed down to me saved my life more than once. The moronic things we do with our first car are way less dangerous in a slow one.

Whatever it is, needs to be cheap, slow, safe, FWD, and have few seats (you really don’t want a new driver taking more lives into his/her hands than absolutely necessary).

Which is why theseAOTD slideshows are such a joke. What possible relevance does a car that cost $5k 17 fucking years ago have to the question of what the best $5k cars are today?

You know what was an awesome car for less than $5k 50 years ago? A Hemi Superbird. Why don’t we put that on the list, too?

I think the poster meant it was $5k back in 2004.

I don’t think you’re gonna find any GMT800s in even semi decent condition for under 5 grand now a days, those guys and 400s are on the rise, especially if they’re not rusted.

Wait, where can you find a running Ranger for less than $5k?

Old Ford Rangers aren’t exactly what I’d call reliable by any stretch of the imagination. I have been stranded by Ford Rangers. I’ve had Ford Rangers nearly get me killed. I had a roommate with a Ford Ranger that failed spectacularly on him multiple times. The Ford Ranger has caused a surprisingly large percentage of…

When I’m extremely stressed, particularly if I’m worried, I find it hard to eat. I take all morning to get through my breakfast—take a few bites and leave the rest on the counter until I can manage more. Food makes me feel sick. I’ve spent the last few weeks with a family crisis and my pants are falling off of me…

When you start plumbing the depths of 20 year old beaters, individual care, attention, and maintenance records are worth 100x more than factory build quality.

*Insert any Honda or Toyota that you can buy under 5 grand here.*

I rented one of those once because I thought it was cute, but damn, what a terrible car! You better turn off the AC if you want to merge onto the freeway and not feel like you’re going to die in a rear end collision.

Pennsylvania has drivers that stop at the end of on ramps.

I notice this was under the heading at the top of the page that said “racing”.  Freudian or purposeful?

I have driven in each of the continental 48 states. PA has the worst drivers, and it’s not even close. The reasons are two fold: First, they have no situational awareness. Like, at all. Completely oblivious. The second is that no two PA drivers follow the same unwritten rules. In NY they’re super aggressive (city or…

ALL DRIVERS from EVERY STATE have been getting noticeably worse in the last few years. People are driving faster, more erratically, less turn signals, keeping smaller distances between the cars in front of them, hogging the left lane, staying in the right lane at on ramps, weaving between lanes, can’t stay in their…